@article{ref1,
title="Neuropathic symptoms in world trade center disaster survivors and responders",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2015",
author="Wilkenfeld, Marc and Fazzari, Melissa and Segelnick, Jacqueline and Stecker, Mark",
volume="58",
number="1",
pages="83-86",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to determine whether responders and survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster experience symptoms of neuropathy at a rate higher than those not exposed. <br><br>METHODS: A survey of neuropathic symptoms in patients who were and were not exposed at the WTC based upon the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). <br><br>RESULTS: Even after correction for medical comorbidities, age, and depression, neuropathic symptoms are much more common in those exposed to WTC dust and increase with increasing exposure. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence that exposure to WTC dust is associated with neuropathic symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000619",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000619"
}